The U.S. Pro Golf Tour names Steve Thorwald as new tour director of the California Players Tour. The Callifornia Players Tour will conduct 16 regional events in 2007, with purses of $125,000. … Travel + Leisure Golf names Ballyneal in Holyoke, Colo., as the course of the year for 2006, and lists Bayonne Golf Club in Bayonne, N.J., Erin Hills Golf Course in Hartford, Wisc., and Pinnacle Point Golf Club in Mossel Bay, South Africa among the top 10 new courses of the past year. … Golf Range Magazine announces its annual listing of the "Top 100 Golf Ranges in America." This year’s list is available in the November/December issue and online at www.GolfRange.org. … Jim McLean Golf Schools Canada launches the Jim McLean VIP Tour Club, which enables Jim McLean enthusiasts to save $75 off every golf school or 15 percent off any private lesson taken within a 12-month period. … Shoemaker Ecco extends its endorsement agreement with Colin Montgomerie. Under terms of this multi-year agreement, Montgomerie will wear Ecco golf shoes exclusively during all on-course activities, appear at Ecco functions and participate in product development.
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